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The Civil War had little to do with anything but slavery. "States rights" meant the right of states to allow slavery.
The southern states wished to have laws that were different from some of those in the north, specifically meaning laws which allowed slavery. When they feared they would no longer be able to have such laws, they seceded from the United States of America to form the Confederate States of America.
Slavery led to the Civil War.
Slavery was not the cause of the war. The war was about economics.
The major difference is the question of slavery. In reality slavery was a minor issue. The major causes of the war were the same that led to the war of independence from Great Britain.
A reason that is NOT for the Civil War is to get more land.
Slavery was actually ended by a law originally established by Abraham Lincoln. After the civil war slavery was banned and illegal